Pill drop at 2 places set for Wednesday People with...

September 19, 2006

Pill drop at 2 places set for Wednesday People with unused pills or liquid medicines can drop them off between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday at the parking lot of the St. Joseph County Jail, 401 W. Sample St., South Bend, or at the Mishawaka Police Department, 200 N. Church St. The event is meant to help people safely dispose of old medicine. Liquid medicine should be brought in its original container. SOUTH BEND2,000 customers lose power for four hours About 2,000 homes and businesses lost electricity for about four hours Monday morning, said David Mayne, spokesman for Indiana Michigan Power. The power went out about 5 a.m. and crews restored it by about 9 a.m. The outage apparently was caused by a tree that came in contact with a power line, Mayne said. He said the affected area was between Jefferson Boulevard on the north, Trent Way on the south, Ironwood Drive on the east and Twyckenham Drive on the west. Police officer injured in Western Ave. crash A South Bend police officer was hurt in a crash Sunday morning. Sgt. Chuck Stokes injured his back during a collision at the intersection of Western Avenue and Lombardy Drive about 9 a.m. Stokes was heading east on Western on his way to a shooting and had his siren and emergency lights on, according to police. The stoplight was red, so Stokes paused at the intersection before entering, police said. A 71-year-old South Bend man, who was driving south on Lombardy, had the green light as he entered the intersection. The impact caused the man's car to flip over. He had minor bleeding. According to the police report, Stokes slowed as he approached the intersection as other traffic had to yield to the emergency vehicle. Stokes took Sunday off work. His police car was possibly totaled, said Capt. John Williams. Transpo announces bus route detour Transpo's No. 12 Rum Village outbound bus route is being detoured because of sanitary sewer installation work on Olive Street between Indiana Avenue and Calvert Street, Transpo has announced. The road closure is expected to last through Nov. 13, Transpo said in a statement. Meanwhile, it said, the No. 12 Rum Village inbound route will not be affected. For more information, call Transpo at (574) 233-2131. GRANGERIndiana 23 widening focus of meeting The Indiana Department of Transportation will hold an open house and formal meeting tonight to discuss a project that would widen a portion of Indiana 23. The event will be at Northpoint Elementary School, 50800 Cherry Road, Granger, according to InDOT. The open house will begin at 5:45 p.m., followed by a formal session from 6:30 to 8. After that, the open house will resume. Officials will be present to address questions and concerns during the open house, InDOT said. During the formal session, they will detail design changes and accept comments for the public record. The project would add travel lanes along a stretch of about two miles, from just west of Main Street/Gumwood Road to northeast of Brick Road; it is tentatively scheduled for construction in 2007, according to InDOT.